Weser Renaissance region

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The Weser Renaissance region is a cultural and architectural area in northwestern Germany known for its distinctive 16th- and early 17th-century Renaissance buildings along the Weser River.

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Weser Renaissance region canonical 3
Road of Weser Renaissance 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural region
cultural region
documentedBy Weser Renaissance Museum Brake Castle
followsCourseOf Weser River
linked to: Weser
hasArchitecturalFeature ornamented gables
portal architecture with heraldic reliefs
rich sculptural decoration
sandstone facades
hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance architecture
hasCharacteristic distinctive 16th-century Renaissance buildings
distinctive early 17th-century Renaissance buildings
hasCulturalHeritageType architectural heritage
regional building tradition
hasLanguage German
hasNotableBuilding Juleum in Helmstedt
Leisthaus in Hameln
Rattenfängerhaus in Hameln
linked to: Rattenfängerhaus

Schloss Brake (Lemgo)
linked to: Schloss Brake

Schloss Bückeburg
linked to: Bückeburg Palace

Schloss Hämelschenburg
Schloss Stadthagen
Weser Renaissance town hall of Bremen
linked to: Bremen Town Hall

Weser Renaissance town hall of Lemgo
Weser Renaissance town hall of Minden
hasNotableCity Bremen
Hameln
Höxter
Minden
Nienburg (Weser)
linked to: Nienburg
hasNotableTown Bückeburg
Celle
Detmold
Lemgo
Stadthagen
hasPeriodOfSignificance 16th century
early 17th century
hasRoute Weser Renaissance Route
heritageSignificance important regional variant of Northern European Renaissance architecture
influencedBy Italian Renaissance architecture
Netherlandish Renaissance architecture
linked to: Flemish Renaissance
knownFor castles
civic buildings
manor houses
ornate town houses
locatedIn northwestern Germany
namedAfter Weser River
linked to: Weser
partOf Germany
timePeriod approximately 1520 to 1620
tourismType cultural tourism destination

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Holzminden hasHistoricalRegion Weser Renaissance region
Weserbergland hasCulturalRoute Road of Weser Renaissance
linked to: Weser Renaissance region
Extertal hasHeritage Weser Renaissance region
Hameln-Pyrmont district hasCulturalRegion Weser Renaissance region